ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1917, Page 3

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

j SAN GABRIELE CAPTURED. | POSITION NOW SAFE. ! LQNDO-n, September 15. The ‘lDally Telegraph’s” Rome correspondent states that the Italians captured Monte San Gabriele on September 4th. Tho summit was abandoned during the night and re-cap-tured'on September oth. The Italian l>ositiona are now strongly consolidated. The Austrians sent five brigades to retake the peak sacrificing entire .detif|3hments. A thousand Austrians were captured in caverns, with many machine guns. Fort Santa Caterina is now cut off and three enemy battalions are unable to escape.

MOUNTAIN SOAKED IN BLOOD. - LONDON, September 15. Mr. -Julius Price, at General Caddornn’s headquarters says that the titanic contest’ at San Gabriele lias j resolved itself into aquestion of en- ; durance. A wounded survivor from' the summit tells of a mountain absolutely soaked in blood, and a vast heap of corpses from ond to end Many have been lying thero for throe , weeks. lie has never seen anything to compare with the horrors, though he lias' experienced big battles in the CVi ran.

! The Italians are losing heavily but tho Austrian losses are far heavier , tacks. Tlie bravery of the Italians • owing to their reckless counter-at-is extraordinary. They are up against tho toughest job ever tackled, but the final result is beyond doubt.

ITALIAN REPORT. I AUSTRALIAN CC N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION*] LONDON, September, 15. Italian official: Our advance rectified the line in the region of Log, in the northern zone of the Bninsizza Plateau.. . We took prisoners. Our airmen dropped three tons of bombs on tho enemy’s communications on the. Carso. ITALIAN PROTEST. (Received This Day at noon.) ROME, September 16. The Idea Nazionale attacks the- Allies Russian policy. It declares the fact that they sent Socialist Ministers to Petrograd contributed in a great part to the difficulties.

AUSTRIAN LOSSES

(Received, This Dav at 8.50. a.m.) ROME, Sept. 16th. Prisoners taken at San Gabrielle state the Austrian dugouts and trendies are graveyards. The Austrians must shortly abandon the remaining positions on tho mountain.

ITALIAN CRISIS. (Received This Dav at 12.25. p.inA MILAN September 15.

Following a minsterial crisis, involving minor changes the “Comoro della Sera” learns that owing to the grave development of the internal situation' an extraordinary meeting of Cabinet was summoned for last night, when five ministers had left. ITALIAN REPORT.

(Received This Dav at 12. i> s. LONDON, Sept, 18.

Italian official—We gained ground on the south-east of Magon Baitsizza plateau. We dropped 2] tons of bombs nn troops massed east of San Gabriele.